use strict; use warnings;
use CGI;

# do some other stuff.....


# either functional style...
my @students = param('student[]');

# OR OO-style...
my $query = CGI->new;
my @students = $query->param('student[]'); 

# OR Gangnam-style.....
# no just kidding :-)


# now process your student input,
# remember to check no one is sending you weird data .....

foreach my $student (@students) {
   # wibble
}
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Thanks much! Is it possible to do it without using CGI.pm?

Thanks much! Is it possible to do it without using CGI.pm?

Sure, why do you ask?

The name doesn't need to change

Use CGI/CGI::Simple.. param method, it will return a list of each row you added

or use Plack::Request body_parameters , its returns a Hash::MultiValue, something you might build using CGI yourself

The name doesn't need to change (...) param method, it will return a list of each row you added

Demonstration:

> perl -MCGI=param -E '
    say "student=$_"  for param("student");
    ' student=foo student=bar student=baz
student=foo
student=bar
student=baz
>
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Note that this is similar to space_monk's functional style example below.

Hello, I have an HTML form in which a user can click on "Add a row" link to have another row

There's no such thing as a row in an html form.

Or perhaps there's a better way to name the variable in the form to begin with? Thanks!

Or perhaps there's a better way to name the variable in the form to begin with? Thanks!

"student"

Maybe have been thinking of "php form arrays" in which case CGI::Struct

Hello, I have an HTML form in which a user can click on "Add a row" link to have another row

There's no such thing as a row in an html form.

Sure there is

Or perhaps there's a better way to name the variable in the form to begin with? Thanks!

HTML forms do not have variables.

Sure they do